No Gears of War Demo....

Epic's Mark Rein posted on the official Gears of War forum that despite a recent image seen on the British version of Xbox.com, there are no plans to release a demo for Gears of War prior to the game hitting retail shelves.

The post from Rein:

"Just saw the dog tag image with the "Microsoft points". It just isn't true. There is no demo coming out before the game ships and I have no idea if we'll do one after the game ships or not. Right now there are no plans to do one as I said earlier in this thread. I have asked Microsoft to take that image down."

If Xbox 360 owners see a demo, it will not be until after the game is released. In the fickle gaming world, demos can be a double edge sword. If a company puts one out and the gameplay (while usually not indicative of the entire game) is mediocre, then it could hurt game sales and word of mouth. If a company doesn't put a demo out for a high profile game before release, then speculation tends to run rampant that the game is mediocre or not meeting the hype.